Department: Distribution
Location: Elland Distribution Centre
Compensation: £67,000 / year
Description
As part of the Logistics senior management team, this key operational role has overall day to day responsibility for the running of all Distribution Centre sites across the North. Supporting Livingston, Seaham, Elland, Doncaster and Knowsley.
We are looking for the right individual to lead and motivate a diverse team to set and maintain industry leading site standards with the ultimate aim of delivering the best possible customer experience in the most cost effective manner. Working closely with the North counterpart as we aim to bring best practice and consistency across the network in all logistics matters.
What does the role involve?
* Management of all Distribution Centre sites across the North region to implement best practice processes, with a continual improvement philosophy.
* Use a balanced scorecard approach to improve customer facing KPI's by investing in people processes, whilst implementing best practice operational standard operating procedures and keeping tight control of costs.
* Lead the health and safety agenda across the sites, making it clear to all sites that the safety and general standards on site are top priority.
* Own the operating budget process for the sites, producing realistic but challenging targets, identifying risks and opportunities and ensuring substantial compliance to the budget.
* Identify opportunity areas and implement a clear improvement plan for each site which is regularly reviewed with the Head of Logistics.
* Provide leadership to a diverse team and create a vision to inspire and motivate colleagues, drive a culture of high performance, identify and address capability gaps and ensure talent and succession planning is in place.
* Working closely with the rest of the Logistics senior management team to ensure we have a well aligned, joined up approach to achieve the best outcome for the customer whilst getting things right first time to achieve operational efficiencies.
* Drive RIGHT value behaviors whilst embracing a 'challenge for benefit' culture which will also encompass a continual improvement philosophy.
* Work closely with cross functional peers across the senior leadership team, representing Logistics in improving communication and collaboration across the business.
Who are we looking for?
* A driven, passionate leader who lives and breathes the RIGHT Values and Behaviours.
* A leader with a track record of overseeing best practice day to day Logistics operations for a large, multi-site organisation with a continual improvement philosophy.
* Customer focussed mind set.
* Team player, with a collaborative style, providing clarity by ensuring teams know what is expected of them and why.
* People person with a desire and ability to motivate and develop others.
* Honest, open and transparent with the ability to form constructive relationships with a wide group of stakeholders.
What’s in it for you?
* 33 days holidays including bank holidays.
* Employee benefits platform – access to 100s of high street discounts and more – holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, e-vouchers, cashback and more!
* Colleague Discount.
* Career progression.
* Long service awards.
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.
* Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme – to give you free access to advice and information on a range of topics.
* Medicash – low cost health plans.
* Virtual GP – Access to a GP service 24/7.
* Salary finance scheme.
* Pension Scheme.
* Death in Service.
* Life assurance.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Retail
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